# compensar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* compasar, compesar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“to weigh”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.pənˈsa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kom.pənˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kom.penˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to compensate

#### Related terms

* compensación

### Further reading

* “compensar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “compensar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “compensar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “compensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre (“to weight together one thing against another, to balance, to make good, later also to shorten, to spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pẽˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pẽˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pẽˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pẽˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar

### Verb

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensei, past participle compensado)
* (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
    Synonym: valer a pena
* (transitive) to compensate
    Synonyms: indenizar, recompensar, remunerar, reparar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* compensação
* compensado
* compensador
* compensativo
* compensatório
* compensável

### Further reading

* “compensar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “compensar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “compensar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “compensar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “compensar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “compensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kompenˈsaɾ/ [kõm.pẽnˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: com‧pen‧sar

### Verb

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensé, past participle compensado)
* (transitive) to compensate, make up for
* (transitive) to compensate, remunerate
* (pronominal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* compensador

#### Related terms

* compensación

### Further reading

* “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10